Scraper.



T. F. BALL.

` SCRAPER.

APPLCAT ON FILED JULY |6` 1917.

Patented Apr. 15,1919.

FI G. J.

FI'G'.

THOMAS F. BALL, OF KANSAS CITY, MISSOURI.

SCRAPER.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Pateted Apr. 15, 1919.

Application filed July 16, 1917. Serial No. 180,778.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, THOMAS F. BALL, a citizen of the United States,residing at Kansas City, in the county of Jackson and State of Missouri,have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Scrapers, of whichthe following is a full, clear, and eXact description, such as willenable others skilled in the art to which it appertairs to make and usethe same.

This invention relates to scrapers but more particularly to that classused for scraping meat blocks.

An Object of the present invention is to permanently secure a scraperblade in a hand-block so that it cannot work loose or become detachedfrom the hand-block.

There are other devices that have been patented for scraping purposeswhere the blade is secured in the block by set screws or wedges, butthey frequently need adjusting for the reason that they are cons'tantlyworking loose and at times become lost.

Another Object of the present invention is to secure a scraper blade tothe hand-block by a single wire, the wire passing through the center ofthe blade being bent at a sharp angle on each side thereof toward thehandblock and secured to the hand-block at an approximate angle of 45degrees so that the :vire will form a very rigid and ermanent ase.

With these and other objects in view the invention consists in thefeatures, combinations and arrangements of parts hereinafter set forth,illustrated in the accompanying drawings, and more particularly pointedout in the appended claims.

In the drawings Figure 1 is a side view in elevation of the improvedscraper.

Fig. 2 is an inverted plan view of Fig. 1.

Fig. 3 is an end view of Fig. 1.

The rectangular shaped hand-block 4 has a transverse groove 5 cuttherein for the insertion of the edge 6 of the blade 7 ,the blade 7having a hole 8 in the center thereof.

The wire 9 is inserted through hole 8 of the blade until the center ofthe length 10 rests in the hole 8. The wire is then bent toward thehand-block at `sharp angles 11 and thence outward on each side of theblade to an approximate angle of- 45 degrees to both the blade andhand-block, the remaining portions of the wire 12 passing through theblock and being bent over on the reverse side of the hand-block 13 asshown at 14.

It will be understood that applicanfls de- Vice can be used to scrapeany surface and that the blade will never work loose or become cletachedfrom the handle for the reason that it is permanently secured thereto bythe simple but rigidly secured wire 10.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim aS new and desire tosecure by Letters Patent, is

1. A scraper comprising a hand-block, having a transverse groovetherein, a blade inserted in said groove and provided with a hole in thecenter thereof, a wire through said hole in'said blade having the centerof the length thereof resting in said hole, said wire bent next to saidblade at sharp angfes toward said hand-block and thence outward at anapproximate angle of 45 degrees to said blade and hand-block, and theends of said wire passing through said hand-block and bent over on thereverse side thereof.

2. A scraper comprising a hand-block having a transverse groove therein,a blade inserted in said groove and provided with a hole approximatelyin the center thereof, a wire through said hole in said blade having thecenter of the length thereof resting in. said hole, said wire bent nextto said blade at sharp angles toward said handblock and thence outwardat an approximate angle of 45 degrees to said blade and handblock, andthe ends of said wire secured to said hand-block.

THOMAS F. BALL.

Gopies of this patent may b e obtaiied for five cents each, byaddressing the "Commissioner of Patets, Washington, D. c.

